Paragliding / Parascending

Life Insurance and Paragliding

Overview

Your Paragliding may impact on your ability to obtain life insurance cover. There can be a big difference between a pilot who goes Paragliding once every few weeks at their local Club and someone who travels the world competing and record breaking.

Broadly speaking, the price and availability of life insurance cover will depend on the extent of your Paragliding and if you have any medical conditions which might impact you when Paragliding and/or when not Paragliding. There may be little or no additional cost or the increased risk may see a significant loading.

The worst outcome to be avoided, if possible, is that your Paragliding is totally excluded from your policy; meaning your peace of mind protection is removed when you are logically most at risk. Pulse aim to find cover that does not have any such exclusions.

Pulse are specialists in finding cover for Paragliders and other higher-risk pursuits when many insurers are declining to quote or wish to exclude Paragliding.

Make a Life Insurance Enquiry

If you need a specialist underwriter.

If you have not been able to get a suitable quotation for Life cover, Pulse specialise in taking your Paragliding and any other specific conditions and needs into account and finding Life Insurance cover, if it is available.

We use our knowledge and experience to find a solution when other Life Insurers have declined to quote. Each enquiry is treated individually by our underwriters and not simply rejected or accepted by a computer-based system.

Your paraliding Background

We have a specifically prepared set of Paragliding - related questions which you should complete when making an enquiry.

These cover pertinent aspects of your Paragliding: - – the frequency of flying, flight duration, heights, location(s) you fly from - your gliding background and experience - the aircraft you fly - be they more standard or home-built, custom or prototypes - and any specific activity such as competitions, record attempts, remote locations

Your Health Background

It is possible your health may have as much or more impact on Life Insurance availability. You can begin by reviewing the dedicated details about any medical condition(s) on this website.

You can / should declare any medical conditions to us when you make an enquiry. Again, we have prepared specific questions for many conditions. If you are in perfect health, you will be asked to confirm this on your actual Life Insurance application.

Our Indication of Cover Availability and Cost

By providing all your details clearly and accurately, you allow our underwriter(s) to build an individual picture of you and your Paragliding.

We know that getting and early idea if you can be covered and what kind of premium costs is involved is important.

We usually give an indication of premium and cover availability within 5 days.

Our policyholders tell us it is important to learn the availability of cover and to get an idea of price quickly.

Why Pulse Insurance?

Pulse Insurance have been focused on finding unusual cover since 1998

We strive to offer caring and sensitive service

We are knowledgeable insurance professionals who work as a team

We provide a personal service to guide you through

If we cannot help, it will not be for the want of trying or know-how

While finding cover for everyone is not always possible and the premium will be higher to reflect your increased risk, we like to think we are rather good at helping people find the cover they need.

In most Gliding cases, we can offer indicative premiums and/or sense of if cover may be available or not early on; so, you can decide to proceed or not.

Being Transparent

It is always important to declare your Gliding and any other medical conditions completely. Failure to be transparent with any insurer can result in a claim being denied – confounding the very reason for paying any premium in the first place.

Your Personal & Medical Details

Everything you disclose about your Gliding and any underlying conditions to any life insurer or life agent should be treated with sensitivity and appropriate levels of privacy.

Changes to Your Health

We provide cover based on a “snapshot” of your health, so once a policy has been issued, neither your premium or your cover will be adversely affected if your health subsequently deteriorated.

Requirements for more information

While our initial enquiry may not gather enough information to provide an indication of cost, our insurers may ask for more in depth information regarding your Gliding or any medical conditions. Sometimes the details you can provide may allow them to reduce the premium they seek.

If you have a medical condition, it is possible that underwriters will need to seek a Doctor’s report or for you to undergo medical examinations, blood tests or other tests that will confirm your health to allow them to quote an accurate premium and confirm cover details. The costs involved in obtaining the medical information are usually paid by the underwriter, but if not, you will be informed before they are requested.

Need help? Call us on:01280 841430

Get covered?

Our initial enquiry form captures the basic details of the cover you require.

You can complete this online or offline.

If the reason you are approaching Pulse relates to any medical condition(s), occupation or hazardous leisure pursuits/sports, you may wish to review the details for those first and so we can include questions about these our underwriters will need to ask.

If you prefer to begin your enquiry by solely completing our initial form, please do so and we will be in touch to discuss anything else we will need.